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Verdict expected in sex trial of Bishop
Magistrate Carolita Bethel, who is responsible for handing down a verdict, appeared frustrated at last month's proceedings by the numerous delays. "This case has been pending a long while, at some point I have to have a cut off," she told the court.
Updated: 11/24/2011 02:54P
Gloria Arroyo's doctors at odds with her lawyers
Doctors attending to former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo reportedly refused at one point to sign a medical certificate prepared by her lawyers. Arroyo's physicians at St. Luke's Medical Center in Taguig City were torn between adhering to
Updated: 11/24/2011 02:54P
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo lawyer says poll case has only one witness
In an omnibus motion submitted to Pasay City Regional Trial Court (TRC) Branch 112, lawyer Benjamin Santos said the statements of witness Norie Unas, a former administrator of the province of Maguindanao, should be taken with a grain of salt because
Updated: 11/24/2011 02:53P
Grand Rapids man faces prison for homeless theft ring
16 in Berrien County Trial Court for conducting a criminal enterprise and being an habitual offender. Judge Dennis Wiley imposed a prison term of 175 months to 30 years. As part of the sentence, Wiley ordered Douglas to pay restitution of $25858 to
Updated: 11/24/2011 02:52P
Court clears Opus Dei-linked group
Several witnesses testified during the trial that Opus Dei had a "sectarian" hold on some of its members. Defence lawyer Thierry Laugier strove to show that ACUT was "completely separate" from Opus Dei, with only a "partnership for spiritual
Updated: 11/24/2011 02:51P
Poll petition stalls in court tussle
Immediately Lady Justice Philomena Mwilu ruled that she will not disqualify herself from hearing the petition, Ms Alice Muthoni Wahome declared that she will not have her handle the case. It left Judge Mwilu with no choice but to declare that the case
Updated: 11/24/2011 02:51P
Bush, Blair guilty in 'war crimes trial'
A seven-member panel chaired by former Malaysian Federal Court judge Abdul Kadir Sulaiman presided over the trial, which began last Saturday, and both Bush and Blair were tried in absentia. AFP.
Updated: 11/24/2011 02:42P
Bali teenager faces sentencing today
An Australian teenager charged with drug offences in Indonesia will be sentenced in an open court in Bali today. The boy was arrested early last month in Bali's Kuta district for possessing
Updated: 11/24/2011 02:40P
Accused's evidence 'mumbo jumbo'
The jury of seven men and five women heard on Monday that a post- mortem examination found 27 separate injury sites on the body of Ms Sorrell, whom friends described as "caring and generous". O'Rourke, of Milton Abbot, near Tavistock, denies murder.
Updated: 11/24/2011 02:38P
'Captain' Raja wants others out of jail first!
Raja said that he was a practicing trial court lawyer in the past and he himself pays much attention to his case. Raja, who has defended himself in the past on many occasions, said, “I have been reading the files and documents pertaining to my case.
Updated: 11/24/2011 02:32P
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